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LAHORE: The Lahore Metro Bus infrastructure at Azadi Chowk, Bhati Gate and Shahdara sustained considerable damage through vandalism on Monday.
Requesting anonymity, a senior official of the Punjab Mass-Transit Authority (PMA) said that criminal elements present at the protest following the execution of slain governor’s killer had attacked the metro bus terminals at Azadi Chowk, Bhati Gate and Shahdara and damaged installations. “Initial estimates put the loss at Rs9 million. The saboteurs broke glass and stole fans, CCTV cameras and other electronic equipment. Some of them also pelted metro buses with stones. They also stole onboard units used to monitor bus operations. Speed gates at metro stations were also broken at all three stations,” he said.
He said the authority would register an FIR against the people. “The authority has footage of the attacks at its datacentres. It will be handed over to the police when required. At all three locations, groups of six to eight people did the damage,” he said. He said the authority had limited the bus operations from Gajjumata and MAO Collage to avoid further losses. He said that on Tuesday the authority had suspended the Rawalpindi Metro Bus operations. “After Mumtaz Qadri’s funeral, the authority restored the operations in Rawalpindi at 5pm,” he said.
Disturbance: Metro infrastructure damaged - The Express Tribune
Requesting anonymity, a senior official of the Punjab Mass-Transit Authority (PMA) said that criminal elements present at the protest following the execution of slain governor’s killer had attacked the metro bus terminals at Azadi Chowk, Bhati Gate and Shahdara and damaged installations. “Initial estimates put the loss at Rs9 million. The saboteurs broke glass and stole fans, CCTV cameras and other electronic equipment. Some of them also pelted metro buses with stones. They also stole onboard units used to monitor bus operations. Speed gates at metro stations were also broken at all three stations,” he said.
He said the authority would register an FIR against the people. “The authority has footage of the attacks at its datacentres. It will be handed over to the police when required. At all three locations, groups of six to eight people did the damage,” he said. He said the authority had limited the bus operations from Gajjumata and MAO Collage to avoid further losses. He said that on Tuesday the authority had suspended the Rawalpindi Metro Bus operations. “After Mumtaz Qadri’s funeral, the authority restored the operations in Rawalpindi at 5pm,” he said.
Disturbance: Metro infrastructure damaged - The Express Tribune